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- noun UK, slang, pejorative A
fool ,prat ,twit . - noun UK, slang An
idiot , in an affectionate sense. - noun Cockney rhyming slang, vulgar
Cunt .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Byrne is a 'berk' living, high off the hog, in 'Berkland'.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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It was a load of disappointingly patronising guff about how "woman is closer to the rhythms of Earth" and stuff like that, and it predisposed me against him as a bit of a sanctimonious berk.
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And,and,and,and,all you can hope for,is some footage of a hapless berk of a shelf stacker,dumping a zillion bottles of zindfandel all over the floor of a convenience store.
Why we should believe Nick Clegg when he promises to restore liberties stolen by Labour 2011
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There are also plenty of songs in which one could argue that the singer or narrator comes across as a bit of a berk.
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"Oh, get to work, you scrounging berk!" many viewers will scream.
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"Oh, get to work, you scrounging berk!" many viewers will scream.
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However, just the thought of waking up, to find some Xbox-ing berk on the next pillow, asking if he can use the phone to tell his mum where he is, is surely enough to make the most voracious cougar want to retire quietly to the next room and hang herself with her support tights.
Good luck to Caroline Flack. She'll need it | Barbara Ellen 2011
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Mustnt you feel a berk if you had voted for any of the thieving plonkers! on March 24, 2009 at 8: 35 pm | Reply Jim
Tony McNulty ’second home’ shock! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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While Nicholson, the berk, has always relished the Postman gossip, Sutherland has staunchly denied the rumours and defended Christie.
Geoff Boycott's sensitive side… it's so well hidden | Barbara Ellen 2011
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What's more he's a SILLY berk. have you heard the wishy-washy pretty-pretty sub-liberal hogwash he puts out as his beliefs?
yarb commented on the word berk
Supposedly an abbreviation of rhyming slang "berkshire hunt" = cunt. Obviously much softer in meaning than cunt.
January 10, 2008
yarb commented on the word berk
(Not-Foreskin v Foreskin -
Old testament berks
in daft dressing-gowns
and peep-toe slippers
play atavistic
grenade-lobbing pranks
in the Holy Land.)
- Peter Reading, Between the Headlines, from Diplopic, 1983
June 30, 2008